Block or Group?
Block or Group?
(OP)
In the 2d drafting you can choose to either block or group but what is the difference?
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RE: Block or Group?
Go to Help-Index tab. Type "blocks, using" and you will find an in depth description of Blocks and how they differ from other elements like Symbols.
RE: Block or Group?
Don't get me wrong, I think it's a good thing because SE made a lot of improvement on the 2D drafting. but still you find yourself with two different things that are in facts not so different.
My 2 cents
Patrick
RE: Block or Group?
Blocks and symbols are different with blocks being the more powerful. Again, it would be worthy of your time to read about blocks in the help menu.
A few key differences
- Symbols are embedded draft docs with each symbol having an entirely different file. A single draft file can contain several blocks that can be used invidividually in a draft file
- Blocks can have differenct views. For example you can have a front, side or top view of a block and choose which view you want to place in a file. Symbols are all or none.
- Blocks can have attributes attached them that can be used, for example, in callouts. A block may have a part number attribute that you can use to create a parts list
- Blocks have "keypoints" around the block that can be used for attaching flowlines as in a flow diagram.
RE: Block or Group?
Patrick
RE: Block or Group?